Survey: Czechs now consider working from home as part of standard work contract
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- 17 Oct 2022
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Czechs are getting increasingly used to doing some of their work from home, seeing it as part of a standard contract with their employer rather than an extra benefit. At least according to a survey conducted by recruitment agency Randstad, which showed that roughly a third of companies in Czechia offer their employees a hybrid work model.
When Randstad conducted a survey at the beginning of 2021 asking people how many of them are working from home, 40 percent of respondents said they were. The most recent data, since the end of lockdown measures, shows that that number has now declined to around 28 percent.
However, Covid had a massive influence on normalising working from home on the Czech labour market, Randstad Marketing and Communications Manager Petr Douda told Czech Radio.
“The pandemic really moved us forward when it comes to working from home. Before then, the sheer possibility of doing so was a topic of discussion. Now most companies are offering it, so we are almost at the level of Western Europe in this regard.
“Candidates nowadays consider the option to work from home as standard. They no longer ask their prospective employer if it’s on offer. Instead, they go right ahead and ask how many days of the week or month they will be able to work outside of the office.” Read More...
